US-based international travel influencer Juliana Broste, a 12x Heartland Emmy Award-winning travel filmmaker and host, showcasing adventures and fun things to do around the world, recommended Sri Lanka to be listed as one of the best places to visit in 2023 and as a result of her continuous effort, Sri Lanka has been listed on the Forbes list as one of the 23 best places to visit in 2023.
Sri Lanka ended 2022 with an official unemployment rate of 4.8 percent, a figure which masked much of the anomalies in the country’s labour market, as many people either migrated or gave up looking for work when the economy fell into its worst slump in the country’s post-independent history.
Whilst highlighting that the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is to build up a human chain on April 21 to mark the 4th anniversary of Easter Sunday attacks, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today urged all citizens to join the church in this exercise.
The constitutionality of the private member’s bill submitted to parliament seeking to amend Sri Lanka’s penal code with the aim of protecting the country’s LGBTQI community has been challenged before the Supreme Court through a Special Determination petition.
Ramadan Bazaar 2023 kicked off in Colombo yesterday at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre (SLECC) in view of the upcoming Eid festival. The event is open from 12 noon to 12 midnight and will come to a close today. The event features a wide range of products, including textiles, gifts, electrical appliances and local confectionery at affordable prices. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel
The Election Commission (EC) is still awaiting an indication from the Finance Ministry on a time frame in which necessary funds would be released to the EC to conduct the twice postponed Local Government (LG) polls, chairman Nimal G Punchihewa said yesterday.
The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) said yesterday that it is a national responsibility for all lawmakers to vote against the proposed Ant-Terrorism Bill (ATB) in parliament and prevent it from becoming law in the country as the consequences of it will be extremely, Inhuman, regrettable and irreversible.
A heavy influx of pilgrims was experienced in Kataragama sacred city during the Sinhala and Hindu New Year festive season. Pilgrims from far and near flocked to Kataragama and among them were thousands of Hindu devotees from Jaffna and Batticaloa areas.